The Nazi Officer's Wife
Importance of St. Anthony’s Medal
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When Edith returned to Vienna she was virtually homeless. She encountered a young man who insisted on buying her a cold drink. She was reluctant not knowing whether or not he was a Nazi but after he gave her a St. Anthony’s medal she felt hope. She kept the Catholic medal the rest of her life.